INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
How do you keep your startup secure?
That the big question we explored at TC Sessions: Enterprise earlier this month
No matter the size, every startup is an enterprise
Every startup will grow in size as it builds out
But as a company expands, that rapid growth can lead to a distraction from the foundational principle of any modern company — keeping it
secure.
Security isn''t just a buzzword
As some of the largest companies in Silicon Valley have shown, security can be difficult
From storing passwords in plaintext to data breaches galore, how can startups learn from some of the biggest security lapses in the tech
industry history?
Our panel consisted of three of the brightest minds in enterprise security: Wendy Nather, head of advisory CISOs at Duo
Security, is an enterprise security expert; Martin Casado, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, is a security and enterprise startup
investor; and Emily Heath, United chief information security officer, oversees the security operations of the largest United States
airlines.
This is what advice they had.
Security from the very start
